Box-holder



Patented Aug. 16,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I gnome;

R. H. BOYCE.

BOX HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, I920.

. 1,388,089 v PatentdAug. 16,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED A STATES AT NT OF IC RUBE N H. BOYCE, OF GLASCO," KANSAS.

BOX-HOLDER. 1

T 0 all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, RUBEN H. Boron, citizen of the United States, residingat Glasco,

inthe county-oi Cloud and State of Kansas,

have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Holders, of which the following is a specification This invention relatesto a machine for use in box making and has for its object the provision of means for supporting the ends and central partition of a box or crate while the sides and bottom are nailed thereto: e V

Theinvention seeks to provide means for the stated purpose which will firmly support the box ends and central partition and permit 1 them to be easilyturned so that eitherside or the bottom may be readily securedinplace. A

The invention also seeks to provide a mechanism for-the stated purpose which will be free of complicated arrangements or constructions and which may be produced at a low cost and easily manipulated;

The several stated objects and other objects whiclrwill incidentally appear in the course of the following description are attained in such a mechanism as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and the invention resides in certain .novel features which will be particularly set forth in the claims following the description.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is aperspective view of, an apparatus embodying my improvements,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through one end portion of the machine,.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, illustrating by dotted lines the movement whereby turning of the box or crate is effected.

' In carrying out my invention, I employ,

a table 1 which may be supported upon legs 2 of any preferred form' and is provided with a central longitudinal slot 3. A carrier bar/1 is disposed normally within the slot 3 and the ends of the said bar are turned upwardly as shown at 5, to. provide supporting arms, asclearly shown. Through the upper end of each arm 5 a pivot bolt 6 1s inserted and this bolt is also utilized to secure a holding plate 7 in position, additional bolts or rivets 8 being inserted through the lower portion of the said plate and the arm so as to secure the said plate against turning. The pivot bolt 6 extends through the upper ends of links or pitmen 9 which Specification of Letters-Patent. Patented Aug; 16., 1921. .A ueetien filed September 9,1920. Serial no; 409,203.

extend therefrom throughthe slot at the; ends thereof and have" their lower ends pivoted to a treadle lO which fulcrumed upon the cross bars 11 connectingthe legs 2,

are inserted to mount the t readle upon the cross bars .11, spacers 15 beingiprovidedj around the said pivot pins or boltsv between the cross bars of the table and {the bars13 of the treadle so as to maintain thespaced relation ofthe'same, as willbereadily. unv der'stood The holding plates are provided one each end of the carrier, bar tand are adapted 2 tosupportl the ends of the box or crate. I To support thecentral partition whensuchpartition isused, I providea similar holdingv plate 16 which is mounted upon the carrier 7 bar by an ,angle'iron or L-sh aped bracket- 17 having its branches secured rigidly to the plate and; carrier bar respectively, as shown clearly n F 1g, 2,, Upon the upperside of the carrier bar arelugs or ears 18 which" are p disposed in pairs and between themembers of each pair I pivotally mount one end of a clan'iping arm 19 which extends'upwardly and then longitudinally of the, table'so :as to cooperate with one-of the plates 7 01 16, The

arms 19 are. providedat theirupperfree ends with cross bars or heads 20 which are adapted to bear against; the ends of the box and hold the same firmly against the-holding plates 7 whilev the intermediate clamping arm has pivoted to its free end a clamping plate 21 which is adapted to cooperate with the holding plate 16 and clamp the partitionofthe box or crate against the same.

'It will, of course, be readily understood that i the intermediate arm may be provided with a cross head similar to the cross head 20, but

inasmuch as the, side or bottom of the box 1s more apt to yield tothe blows of the hammer duringthe nalling operation, I: prefer to employ the plate 21 which will hear at its lower edge upon the table and thereby aid in supporting the side or bottom of the box against such yielding or springing action. The arms 19 are held normally toward the cooperating holding plates 7 or 16, as the case may be, by coiled springs 22 each of which is attached at its lower end to the carrier bar 4 and at its upper end to the clamping arm near the free end thereof, the springs being disposed at an inclination, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, so that the pull exerted by them will serve to draw the clamping arms against the respective coacting plates.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts having been thus made known, it is thought that the operation of the machine will be readily understood. WVhen a box is to be formed, the ends of the same are placed on edge upon the table across the longitudinal slot therein and against. the respective plates 7, the clamping arms 19 being swung manually away from the said plates to permit the insertion of the box." As will be readily understood, upon release of the clamping arms the springs 22 will drawthe same securely against the box ends so that they will be sup orted in ver ticalposition and the side or. ottom of the box may be placed over and upon the upper edges thereot. Asimilar operation will, of course, support the central partition of the box'or crate. The box ends and partition having been thus arranged in an upri ht position and properly spaced apart, t e bottom or one side is placed upon the upper edges of the partition and box ends and nailed thereto in the usual manner. When the one side or bottom has been thus secured, the treadle 12 is depressed so that the pitmen 9 willbe moved upwardly and the carrier bar 4, with the partly finished box still in place,will be raised above the table, after which the bar and the parts supported thereon may be swung about the pivots 6 so as to bring another side of the box uppermost,

-zthe treadle is released and the partly finished box. permitted to descend so that the then lower edges of the partition and the box ends will rest upon the table. This action willbe readily understood upon reference to the full and dotted lines in Fig.

3. After one side and the bottom have been secured in-pl'ace, the-box is reversed so that the remaining side may be secured in place, after which the'clamping arms19 may be 'withdruvn from their worki g Positions SO as to permit release of the box or crate. The top o'fthe box or crate is, of course, not se cured thereon until after the fruit, vegetables or other commodity have been placed therein.

It will be readily noted that I have provided an exceedingly simple and inexpensive machine which will firmly support the box ends and partition while the sides and bottom are being secured thereto and will per mit the parts to be readily and rapidly brought into the proper relative positions and turned as may be necessary to complete the box. The machine is composed of very few parts and may be produced at a low cost while it will be" found highly convenient in use for the purposes for which it is desi ed. I

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a carrier bar, means for supporting the same for pivotal and vertical reciprocatory movement, fixed clamping members on said bar and extending laterally from the opposite sides of the same, clamping arms pivotally mounted upon the bar and extending longitudinally thereof with their free ends spaced from the bar to coact with said fixed clamping members, and yieldable means carried by the bar for drawing said movable clamping members to the fixed clamping members.

2. The combination of a carrier bar, means for supporting said bar for pivotal and vertical reciprocatory movement, fixed clamping members on said bar extending across the same and laterally beyond the opposite sides thereof, clamping arms extending longitudinally of the carrier bar and each pivoted at one end to the carrier bar and having its free end spaced from the bar to coact'with a fixed clamping member, and coiled springs each attached at one end to the carrierbar adjacent a fixed clamping member and at its opposite end to the free end of the pivoted, clamping arm. 7

3. The combination of a table having a central longitudinal slot, a treadle arranged below the table, pitmen rising from the treadle and playing through said slot, :1 carrier bar extending between and pivoted at its ends to the upper ends of the pitmen,

plates fixed to said carrier bar and extend- RUBEN H. BOYCE. as 

